[Letter from CC Desai]

Summary

This eight-page English-language archival packet brings together a Swatantra Party Parliamentary Office letter dated November 30, 1968, its audited accounts for the year ending March 31, 1968, and related Central Parliamentary Board correspondence from November 7, 8, and 25. C. C. Desai’s covering letter says the accounts were audited and properly maintained, while acknowledging that the party office sought only a simple statement of receipts, expenditure, and profit and loss rather than company-style accounts. The attached statements record income of Rs. 36,157.50 and expenditure of the same amount, with major expenditure on salaries, rent, books and periodicals, stationery and printing, and postage.

Key points

• The packet opens with C. C. Desai’s November 30, 1968 letter enclosing audited statements for the Swatantra Party Parliamentary Office.
• The accounts cover the year ending March 31, 1968 and report balanced income and expenditure of Rs. 9,838.26 for the parliamentary office account shown in the first statement.
• A second statement records annual parliamentary-office income and expenditure of Rs. 36,157.50 for 1966–67, including party contributions, donations, subscriptions, and miscellaneous receipts.
• The Central Parliamentary Board revisited its position on Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s resolution for the full integration of Kashmir with India.
• M. R. Masani argues that Vajpayee’s resolution conflicts with the Swatantra Party’s earlier policy supporting a mutually acceptable settlement and autonomy for Kashmir.
• The correspondence records an internal dispute over whether party legislators should abstain, vote against the resolution, or retain freedom to vote according to party policy and conscience.
• The packet illustrates the party’s administrative procedures, financial reporting, and policy disagreement within the Parliamentary Board.